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How Sweet It Is |
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September 19, 2007 10:27:37am |
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GratefulDead
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Convert Flac to MP3 |
Anyone know a good free flac converter that i can download?
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Zaorish |
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September 19, 2007 10:31:43am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
From FLAC to mp3? Use XMPlay
www.un4seen.com
Its a free, minimalist, indepedently produced music player with a lot of cool options. Flac plugin:
http://www.un4seen.com/download.php?xmp-flac
Note that you need LAME to convert anything to Mp3. Google it.
You can also use XMPlay to add a little bit of echo to your recordings if you like that.
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Stealz |
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September 19, 2007 12:27:20pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm
This is what I have and use every time I convert flac files. It works extremely well.
*note: this will convert flac files to wav files... you can then use windows audio converter to convert these wav files to lossless wma files... I don't know if there is an easier way or a more "correct" way to go about it but this is what I do with flac files
This post was modified by Stealz on 2007-09-19 19:27:20
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How Sweet It Is |
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September 19, 2007 11:31:58am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
additionally also shnf any convertors for mps3
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Stealz |
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September 19, 2007 12:30:30pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
This is what I use to convert shn files to wav files. Again, once I've converted shn to wav I use the windows audio converter to convert the wav files to lossless wma files. Don't know if it's right or wrong, but it's what I do.
http://www.etree.org/mkw.html
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tigerbolt |
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September 19, 2007 02:03:08pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
i use switch for flac to mp3 and it can also do shn but you have to buy the upgrade for shn
http://www.nch.com.au/switch/plus.html most of the time i use trader's little helper for converting flac and shn's since i do most of my listening in wave format or winamp to play the shn/flac files
http://thor.prohosting.com/roh0205/ . trader's little helper is a nifty tool.
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Stealz |
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September 19, 2007 03:02:45pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
Take heed of what tigerbolt has to say on the matter. He knows as well if not better than anyone else.
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Death&Mercy |
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September 19, 2007 05:02:58pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
tiger,
does switch convert the flac to mp3, or does it make a separate mp3 file from the flac? ie - is the flac file still there when you are done.
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cousinkix1953 |
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September 20, 2007 03:17:21am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
There are also free 3rd party plugins for the Nero 6 software at
www.afterdawn.com if you use that CD burning program. Free plugins for just about any other audio format that you might encounter too.
Just unzip them into your Nero plugins folder like you did with Win Amp and other media programs. Works like a charm for me...
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latebutdeadicated |
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September 20, 2007 06:33:53am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
D,
TB had previously recomended Switch and it is a great program. Every time I have used it the original file remains intact and a new converted file is created.
Most of the time I am converting flac/shn to wav for cd burning, but it should work the same for mp3 conversion.
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How Sweet It Is |
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September 20, 2007 06:47:49am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
thanks for all your help. i have switch but saw i need to buy upgrade. i think mite be worth it seeing that it is easiest convertor and does all types of files-and yes it leaves the orginal flac file as well on the computer
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gmcgill |
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September 20, 2007 09:22:44am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Convert Flac to MP3 |
Foobar 2000 can convert from/to almost anything very nicely (as well as do many other things). Very well supported program (see forums link).
http://www.foobar2000.org/
Open flac files in foobar, select, right click, select convert, then convert to: then in converter setup you'll want to select MP3 (lame). You'll also need to install the latest version of Lame (see link). Lame 3.97 is the latest stable release.
http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php
I use MP3 (Lame), "V2 new" as the quality. This is the lame recommended standard (that's what this archive uses for their lame files as well).
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